Walk up the red-carpeted stairs, step inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and check out the biggest party of the year. Get a peek at the featured exhibit, “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,” and view the never-before-seen performance of Florence + the Machine inside the Temple of Dendur…

And the day before the unveiling of “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”, William Norwich slipped inside the doors of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to find out what, exactly, is required to pull off the party of the year. There—amid a fashionable frenzy—he captured the scene, interviewing key players (from Vogue Special Events Director Sylvana Ward Durrett to decor director Raúl Àvila to curator Andrew Bolton) about planning one of fashion’s biggest events—and just how much they still had to do with mere hours left on the clock. See it here.